مَسْطَبَةٌ
Root: سطب
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مَسْطَبَةٌ
and مِسْطَبَةٌ are sings. of مَسَاطِبُ, which signifies The [wide benches, of stone or brick &c., generally built against a wall, called] دَكَاكِين, upon which people sit: [and particularly such as surround the court of a mosque: for] one says, رَأَيْتُهُمْ قَاعِدِينَ عَلَى المَسَاطِبِ, mean-
2 The pl. also signifies Blacksmiths' anvils. (IAar, K. [See, again, art. صطب.])
3 And Waters stopped up, or choked up, with earth or dust; or altered for the worse by long standing; syn. مِيَاهٌ سُدُمٌ [q. v.].
2 The pl. also signifies Blacksmiths' anvils. (IAar, K. [See, again, art. صطب.])
3 And Waters stopped up, or choked up, with earth or dust; or altered for the worse by long standing; syn. مِيَاهٌ سُدُمٌ [q. v.].
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